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As the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act have blocked the Kalindi Kunj Road—which connects South Delhi to Noida—for nearly two months, the Supreme Court on Monday said people could not block a public road.

“If you want to protest there can be some area where you protest. But you cannot block a public road...Can you block a public area? There must be defined areas of protest,” a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said.

However, the Bench refused to pass orders to remove protesters at this juncture.

“If it has lasted for 58 days you can wait one more week,” the Bench said posting the matter for further hearing on February 17.

Noting that the issue of CAA was before the top court, the Bench said, “Please believe in the law...despite that some people want to protest. They have the right to protest, but there can’t be an indefinite period of protest in a common area.”